First through the Grand Canyon
Subtitle: being the record of the pioneer exploration of the Colorado River in 1869-70
By: by John Wesley Powell ; edited by Horace Kephart
Contributors: Kephart, Horace, 1862-1931, ed
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1928
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: Discovery and exploration
Description: Contains primary source material.
Notes: The original report appeared under title: Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and its tributaries ...

"Major Powell's report on this first exploration ... was published by the Smithsonian Institution in 1875 ... The narrative part is here republished without abridgement." --Introd.